Ludwig Strecker the Younger
Ludwig Strecker also Ludwig Strecker the Younger (born January 13, 1883 in Mainz , † September 15, 1978 in Wiesbaden ) was a German music publisher.
biography
Strecker completed a law degree at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , the Humboldt University in Berlin and the University of Leipzig , where he received his doctorate in 1906 .
After a stay abroad he became co-owner of the music publisher B. Schott's Sons in Mainz in 1909 , which his father Ludwig Strecker the Elder had inherited from Franz Schott in 1874 .
When his father died in 1943, Ludwig Strecker and his brother Wilhelm Strecker (also Willy S .; * July 4, 1884 Mainz; † March 1, 1958 Wiesbaden) took over the management of the publishing house. Since 1956 he has been in charge of it.
Ludwig Strecker was a committed supporter of contemporary composers such as Werner Egk , Paul Hindemith and Carl Orff . He also worked as a librettist under the pseudonym Ludwig Andersen .
Another brother of Ludwig Strecker was the set designer and author Paul Strecker .
Strecker was married to Friedel Preetorius (1884–1938), the daughter of the Mainz entrepreneur Wilhelm Preetorius . In 1968 he married Maria Daelen-Strecker , who grew up in Wiesbaden , a doctor and government official.
Honors
- 1953: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1955: Peter Cornelius badge of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Honorary Senator and Honorary Citizen of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Libretti
- The big calendar . Music: Hermann Reutter . UA 1933 (1st version); 1970 Stuttgart (2nd version)
- The magic violin . Music: Werner Egk . Premiere 1935 Frankfurt
- Doctor Johannes Faust . Music: Hermann Reutter . Premiere 1936 Frankfurt
- Tobias Wunderlich . Music: Joseph Haas . Premiere 1937 Kassel
- The wedding of the job . Music: Joseph Haas. Premiere 1944 Dresden
- The hedgehog as a groom . Music: Cesar Bresgen . Premiere 1948 Esslingen (1st version); 1951 Nuremberg (2nd version)
literature
- August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel: Who is who? Das deutsche Who's Who, Volume 16 ,, Arani, Berlin, 1970 ISBN 3-7605-2007-3 , pp. 1295, 1296.
Web links
- Ludwig Strecker the Younger in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Literature by and about Ludwig Strecker the Younger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Preetorius, Philipp Wilhelm in the Hessian Biography
- ↑ Maren Richter: Maria Daelen: "So beautiful, so witty" . In: The time . December 29, 2019, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed December 29, 2019]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strecker, Ludwig the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strecker, Ludwig; Andersen, Ludwig (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German music publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1978 |
| Place of death | Wiesbaden |